EARLY GEORGIAN: QUEEN ANNE (1714-1750) Flashcards
WHERE DID THE QUEEN ANNE STYLE ORIGINATED FROM?
ENGLAND.
QUEEN ANNE STYLE IS A RESTRAINED ENGLISH VERSION OF?
ROCOCO.
LED BY ENGLISH ARCHITECTS:
RICHARD NORMAN SHAW & WILLIAM KENT
IT BECAME THE STYLE OF WHAT PERIOD/AGE?
THE GILDED AGE.
THE GLORIOUS PERIOD IN ENGLISH CABINETMAKING?
THE 18TH CENTURY.
FACT: IT SATISFIED THE NEEDS OF THE NEWLY RICHOF THE 19TH CENTURY INDUSTRIAL ERA FOR SYMBOLS OF WEALTH AND SUCCESS.
FACT: THE ARISTOCRACY AND THE WEALTHY CLASS HELD THE POWER AND SET THE MODES
FACT: IT IS A MIXTURE OF ENGLISH LOVE OF FORMALITY, THE GRANDIOSE STYLE OF ITALIAN BAROQUE, AND SUBTLE FRENCH ROCOCO AND ORIENTAL INFLUENCES.
EXTERIOR CHARACTERISTICS
- STEEPLY PITCHED SLATE ROOFS
- TERACCTTA EMEBELLISHMENTS
- FRONT FACING GABLES (DUTCH GABLES)
- PATTERNED SHINGLES ROOF (AKA FISH SCALES)
- PARTIAL OR FULL WIDTH OF PORCH
- SPINDLE WORK ORNAMENTATION
- PATTERNED MASONRY
- TOWERS
- SURGING CHIMNEYS
- BALUSTRADE
- BAY WINDOWS
QUEEN ANNE FURNITURE CHARACTERISTICS
- CHARACTERIZED BY GRACEFUL SIMPLICITY AND EXCELLENT PROPORTIONS
- CURVES ARE EVIDENT
- CARVINGS: SHELL MOTIF
- FLUTED PILASTERS, CLASSIC MOLDINGS (EGG & DART)
QUEEN FURNITURE EXAMPLES
- TALLBOY
- LOWBOY
- SECRETARIES
- WRITING DESKS
- WINDSOR CHAIRS
- SMALL TABLES
- UPHOLSTERED LOVE SEATS
QUEEN ANNE CHAIR WOOD FINISH
WALNUT OR MAHOGANY (BROWNISH BLACK COLOR)
QUEEN ANNE CHAIR LEGS
- CABRIOLE
- BALL-AND-CLAW
- H-FORM STRETCHERS
QUEEN ANNE CHAIR SEAT
- UPHOLSTERED; OVERSTUFFED MANNER
- FLARED (WIDER AT FRONT THAN BACK)
QUEEN ANNE CHAIR UPHOLSTERY
- GLAZED COTTON CHINTZ
- FABRIC IN COLORFUL FLORAL DESIGN; BROCADE OR DAMASK
